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Kaspa (they/them)
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Buddhist Minister, IFS Psychotherapist, writing at http://Kaspa.substack.com
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lauraewebster.bsky.social
Excellent journalism from my colleague Xander Elliards, looking at the Sandie Peggie verdict and which parts of haven't received much media attention.

From Peggie harassing Dr Upton, to racist jokes and her evidence being deemed "not credible", there is a LOT.

www.thenational.scot/news/2568550...
December 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social
#AshmoleanAdvent Day 10: Evening Snow at Kiyomizudera

This woodblock print shows a view from inside the Kiyomizudera Temple in Kyoto on a snowy evening by Kawase Hasui.

Snow falls steadily, forming drifts on the wooden balcony. Through the pillars, two figures can be seen looking out.
A colour woodblock print of a view on to a snowy scene from inside the Kiyomizudera Temple.
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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littlepuss.net
"Trans people are often told that ‘we have always been here’, but it's rare to see that laid out in a way where we feel lifelike. It's one thing to show idealized images of past figures; it's another to make them feel real."

For real @theneedlenews.com (thank you!!)
Review: 'Gendertrash from Hell' Makes Trans History Feel Brand New
Gendertrash from Hell manages to take the words of the past and make them feel as if they were written yesterday.
theneedlenews.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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jessothomson.co.uk
Me, in The Guardian today:

"This is a moment that requires bravery in standing up for what is right. Organisations that value trans people should know not just that the law is on their side – but so, also, are many people who will step up to defend them if they have the courage to take a stand."
The WI and Girlguiding have been pressured to exclude trans women – yet the law is clear as mud | Jess O’Thomson
Since the supreme court decision, organisations have faced lobbying and legal threats. But trans people are protected by discrimination law too, says Jess O’Thomson of the Good Law Project
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
kaspalita.bsky.social
Look amazing, and very easy to veganise - one for the recipe folder.
December 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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pronounced-ing.bsky.social
So so so many, but one that comes up more frequently than you might think is

Yes
YES
The tiger is out
achillesthe2nd.bsky.social Achilles Micawber @achillesthe2nd.bsky.social · 5d
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
kaspalita.bsky.social
Saving the recipe...
alomshaha.bsky.social Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 4d
Family round for dinner tonight, will be make a favourite dish - “daler bora” (lentil fritters). Possibly the most delicious vegan deep fried food, far superior to falafel. Mum used to grind the lentils with a rolling pin, which took much more time and effort than food processor I’ll be using (1/n)
Split red lentils soaking in a large Pyrex bowl of water
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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blogmywiki.bsky.social
Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
Letter to the Guardian. The protection of badgers has a long pedigree (Report, 29 August). Arthur Gore, known as "Boofy", the eighth Earl of Arran, was a fanatical defender of them. He was also a tireless campaigner for the rights of homosexuals. In 1967 he managed to push through a law in the Lords that decriminalised homosexuality but failed to pass a bill to outlaw the cruel hunting of badgers. When asked why he had not received enough support for his badger bill, he replied: "Not many badgers in the House of Lords." Tony Lywood Keswick, Cumbria
February 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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irishrainforest.bsky.social
What evidence is there that uplands like this were once covered by temperate rainforest, and would return to such a state naturally but for sheep?

Loads... 🧵
December 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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docvivileandra.bsky.social
One of the really funny things about portrayals of the Medieval period that have every peasant wearing brown and black is those colors were actually really expensive compared to blues, reds, and yellows
fakehistoryhunter.net The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 5d
Adventures in Woad: Woad Dyeing in the Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Worlds
exarc.net/issue-2025-3...
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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tkingfisher.com
Today! Yes, on a Monday! The official release of SNAKE-EATER! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW4KNLR...
Snake-Eater
Amazon.com: Snake-Eater eBook : Kingfisher, T.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
If you're in Glasgow this Friday afternoon, I'm giving a talk. It's free and all are welcome:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-by-...
A talk by George Monbiot: Capitalism, Power and Environmental Justice
George Monbiot will discuss some surprising histories of exploitation, and explore what a new radical politics might look like.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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alomshaha.bsky.social
Did you know a "jiffy" is a real unit of time? Physicists define it as the time it takes light to travel a distance of one femtometre, which is a millionth of a millionth of a millimetre. This was my co-author's favourite fact she learned from working on "About Time". Read more in this interview:
About Time by Alom Shaha and Rebecca Struthers
We welcome co-authors Alom Shaha and Rebecca Struthers to the blog in an interview style format! Gain some insight into their work on About Time. Rebecca
fcbg.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
The 25th of November is St Catherine's feast day.

"This isn't about God,
the stained-glass legends of broken wheels, the barrowload
of miracles, or the dinner-plate halo they will nail to your head.

Under the gospel,
the truth of it: woman answers back, ends up dead."

- Rosie Garland
Saint Catherine Rosie Garland It starts as a joke, the one about the kitchen and what you're doing out of it. All smiles. Splay of knees, bulge of crotches, mutter of heavens, these women. Why have a dog and bark for it? Keep your eyes open for the tic of an index finger shoving spectacles up a sweaty nose. Keep running circles round their gnawed faith. Jab and feint. Jab and feint. They will kill you for being cleverer, worse than laughing at their dicks. You know all of that but won't stop. Can't. You didn't read the Library of Alexandria to bat your eyelashes and keep schtum. This isn't about God, the stained-glass legends of broken wheels, the barrowload of miracles, or the dinner-plate halo they will nail to your head. Under the gospel, the truth of it: woman answers back, ends up dead.
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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caseynewton.bsky.social
I wrote about our interview with Roblox's CEO and how platforms got too big to feel shame www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-i...
Fast forward to today and the bargain no longer holds. Platforms do whatever the president of the United States tells them to do, and very little else. Shame, that once-great regulator of social norms and executive behavior, has all but disappeared from public life. In its place is denial, defiance, and the noxious vice signaling of the investor class. I'm still reckoning with what it means to do journalism in a world where the truth can barely hold anyone's attention — much less hold a platform accountable, in any real sense of that word. I'm rethinking how to cover tech policy at a time when it is being made by whim. I'm noticing the degree to which platforms wish to be judged only by their stated intentions, and almost never on the outcomes of anyone who uses them.
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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scalzi.com
This is a lovely article.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life (Gift Article)
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Japanese printmaker Ayomi Yoshida, woodblock print, the Tokyo-based artist explores the medium's roots in Buddhism #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Print featuring the twisted branches of a tree or trees in blue with black berries, all against a white background
November 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
I'm sorry. Is this "The Conversation" or "The Onion"?
Headline: "This year’s climate talks saw real progress – just not on fossil fuels"
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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youaintnopunk.bsky.social
#Om #Aum #Omg #BuddhaBlessings everyone
#illustration #DigitalCollage
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
kaspalita.bsky.social
Working on my website. Still not 100% there - but the whole look is more unified and I re-wrote the therapy page which I'm now much happier with.
www.kaspathompson.co.uk
#counselling #therapy #psychotherapy #MentalHealth #InternalFamilySystems
Kaspa Thompson
IFS Psychotherapist, Supervisor & Buddhist Minister
www.kaspathompson.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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antlervel.vet
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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seananmcguire.bsky.social
Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Trans people have literally always been here; every time I see someone sneering "oh but there were no trans people when I was in high school," well. I dated a trans girl in high school, and was close friends with a trans guy.
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
kaspalita.bsky.social
It's a terrible advertising model. I'm a good therapist but a bad business person. Anyway, I do actually have space for a new client at the moment...

#counselling #psychotherapy #InternalFamilySystems #IFS
text reads: my social media policy - one post every six months - mentioning I have space for a new client
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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glastomichelle.bsky.social
Tranquility at dawn. This morning at the base of Glastonbury Tor about 40 minutes before sunrise.
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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guyshrubsole.bsky.social
Great to see that the National Estate for Nature Group - whose members own c.10% of England - have agreed to "publish estate management plans by April 2026", setting out how each of them are contributing to 30x30 & Environment Act targets.

Thread 1/

defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2025/11/18/l...
Leading the way: National Estate for Nature agrees shared objectives to accelerate nature recovery
The National Estate for Nature group has taken an important step forward in its mission to drive nature recovery across England’s major estates. Read this post to find out more.
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM